Petition

Fund egg freezing for severe endometriosis patients that need surgery

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Require NHS England to provide funded fertility preservation (egg freezing), for patients with severe endometriosis undergoing fertility-threatening surgery, including bowel shaving or bowel resection, to ensure equitable access based on medical risk rather than diagnosis.
Patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy are routinely offered NHS-funded egg freezing due to predictable fertility loss. Women with severe endometriosis undergoing pelvic surgery, including bowel resection, face similar, clinically significant fertility risk but are not routinely offered preservation. This creates inequitable access to fertility services based on diagnosis rather than comparable medical impact and risk.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

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NHS funding for egg freezing, for those suffering from endometriosis.
NHS funding for egg freezing, for those suffering from endometriosis.

Timeline

29 Dec 2025 Petition opened for signatures
19 Jan 2026 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11
Status Rejected
Rejected 19 Jan 2026

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 23 Aug 2026.